Born in Racalmuto, Sicily, Chiarelli grew up in the industrial north end of Hamilton, Ontario.
Born in the town of Racalmuto, Sicily, Italy to a sharecropping father, Joe Pantalone is the second oldest of 7 children.
The del Carreto Barons of Racalmuto were the descendents of Constanzia di Chiaramonte (1290 - 1350) the heiress and daughter of Federico di Chiaramonte, Lord of Racalmuto a member of the prominent Sicilian Chiaramonte family.
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Constanzia married Antonio del Carretto on 11 November 1307.
A mother abandons an infant girl, placing her inside a 'foundling wheel' to be cared for in a foundling home, and the woman's husband gives up a young son as a carusu, a virtual slave in a sulfur mine; both actions intended to help the remaining family to survive in poverty-stricken Racalmuto, in late-1800s Sicily.
Castrofilippo borders the following municipalities: Canicattì, Favara, Naro, Racalmuto.